Meteorites on Mars observed with Mars Exploration Rovers

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Schröder, Christian ^a   Rodionov, D S ^b,c   McCoy, T J ^d   Jolliff, B L ^e   Gellert, R ^f   Nittler, L R ^g   Farrand, W H ^h   Johnson, J R ⁱ   Ruff, S W ^j   Ashley, J W ^j   Mittlefehldt, D W ^a   Herkenhoff, K E ⁱ   Fleischer, I ^b   Haldemann, A F C ^k   Klingelhofer G ^b   Ming, D W ^a   Morris, R V ^a   de Souza, Jr ^l,m   Squyres, S W ⁿ   Weitz, C ^o   Yen, A S ^p   Zipfel, J ^q   Economou, T ^r   more..

^a NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Space Research Institute IKI ^*  (Russian Federation)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^g GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^h Center for Extrasolar Planetary Systems   (United States)

ⁱ U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^j ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^l Vallourec Research Center   (France)

^m CSIRO   (Australia)

ⁿ Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^o PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^p CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^q SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^r UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHONDRITE; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; EROSION; MARS; METEORITE; MINERALOGY; OLIVINE; WEATHERING RATE;

EMMELICHTHYIDAE;

EID: 49849096872     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JE002990     Document Type: Article

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